09-20-2020, 03:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2020, 03:53 PM by John J. Xenakis.)
** 20-Sep-2020 World View: The Dred Scott Decision
In 1857, the Supreme Court issued the "Dred Scott decision" that a
slave was an owned possession and therefore not a citizen of the
United States in the sense meant by the Constitution. This decision
inflamed the public on both sides of the slavery issue.
There are many people who believe that this decision was a major
factor leading to the American Civil War, and that therefore the
Supreme Court should be blamed for being a CAUSE of the American Civil
War. From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, this judgment
is wrong, since the Civil War would have occurred anyway, but this is
the perception of some people.
Whether that perception is right or not, a variation of that
perception has been accepted by a lot more people: That the principal
objective of the Supreme Court, with even higher priority than literal
interpretation of the Constitution, is to make decisions that will
preserve the Union. This principle makes it possible for the Supreme
Court to "make law" rather than just follow the law, something that
has led to both censure and acclamation of various Supreme Court
decisions.
This was one of the seldom reported issues in the 2000 Bush vs Gore
presidential election. The election was in a state of chaos because
of irregularities in one Florida district, whose resolution could turn
the election either way. Many people felt that the Dred Scott
decision was overhanging the 2000 Supreme Court, and the decisions
they made had the explicit purpose of ending the election chaos, so
that Constitutional order and the Union could be preserved.
The 2020 election is already headed for massive chaos because of the
mail-in ballot situation. Speaking as a systems analyst, this is
going to lead to massive irregularities and a lot of fraud. As an
example of how stupidity and mismanagement can lead to massive fraud,
I call your attention to my 2015 article on Healthcare.gov which
showed how mismanagement and stupidity were so great and so riddled
with fraud that Obama and the White House had no idea for hours or
days after the web site opened that only a six people were even able
to register. So I see the Healthcare.gov situation, with its massive
irregularities and fraud, repeating itself in the mail-in ballot
chaos.
** Healthcare.gov -- The greatest software development disaster in history (23-Aug-2015) **
http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/w...150823.htm
During the last two days, there has been a major new development in
the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Donald Trump and the Republicans
are calling to replace Ginsburg as quickly as possible. The Democrats
are making numerous threats of chaos in retaliation -- increased
fascist violence by antifa-blm, using the mail-in irregularities to
stall declaring an election winner, and packing the Supreme Court if
Biden wins and the Democrats win the Senate.
So the Supreme Court is going to be looking at all this, and my
expectation is that each justice will be guided not by whether he's a
Democrat or Republic, or whether he's liberal or conservative, but by
what the best way will be to end the chaos, select a winner, restore
Constitutional order, and preserve the Union. This principle could
favor either side. In this sense, the Dred Scott decision remains
relevant today.
In 1857, the Supreme Court issued the "Dred Scott decision" that a
slave was an owned possession and therefore not a citizen of the
United States in the sense meant by the Constitution. This decision
inflamed the public on both sides of the slavery issue.
There are many people who believe that this decision was a major
factor leading to the American Civil War, and that therefore the
Supreme Court should be blamed for being a CAUSE of the American Civil
War. From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, this judgment
is wrong, since the Civil War would have occurred anyway, but this is
the perception of some people.
Whether that perception is right or not, a variation of that
perception has been accepted by a lot more people: That the principal
objective of the Supreme Court, with even higher priority than literal
interpretation of the Constitution, is to make decisions that will
preserve the Union. This principle makes it possible for the Supreme
Court to "make law" rather than just follow the law, something that
has led to both censure and acclamation of various Supreme Court
decisions.
This was one of the seldom reported issues in the 2000 Bush vs Gore
presidential election. The election was in a state of chaos because
of irregularities in one Florida district, whose resolution could turn
the election either way. Many people felt that the Dred Scott
decision was overhanging the 2000 Supreme Court, and the decisions
they made had the explicit purpose of ending the election chaos, so
that Constitutional order and the Union could be preserved.
The 2020 election is already headed for massive chaos because of the
mail-in ballot situation. Speaking as a systems analyst, this is
going to lead to massive irregularities and a lot of fraud. As an
example of how stupidity and mismanagement can lead to massive fraud,
I call your attention to my 2015 article on Healthcare.gov which
showed how mismanagement and stupidity were so great and so riddled
with fraud that Obama and the White House had no idea for hours or
days after the web site opened that only a six people were even able
to register. So I see the Healthcare.gov situation, with its massive
irregularities and fraud, repeating itself in the mail-in ballot
chaos.
** Healthcare.gov -- The greatest software development disaster in history (23-Aug-2015) **
http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/w...150823.htm
During the last two days, there has been a major new development in
the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Donald Trump and the Republicans
are calling to replace Ginsburg as quickly as possible. The Democrats
are making numerous threats of chaos in retaliation -- increased
fascist violence by antifa-blm, using the mail-in irregularities to
stall declaring an election winner, and packing the Supreme Court if
Biden wins and the Democrats win the Senate.
So the Supreme Court is going to be looking at all this, and my
expectation is that each justice will be guided not by whether he's a
Democrat or Republic, or whether he's liberal or conservative, but by
what the best way will be to end the chaos, select a winner, restore
Constitutional order, and preserve the Union. This principle could
favor either side. In this sense, the Dred Scott decision remains
relevant today.
